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Prizes & Awards

This category is a competition.

Bronze Horse AwardThe winning film of Stockholm XXIX Competition receives the world's heaviest film prize (7,3 kg). The award is bestowed upon the film's director. The winner is selected by an official festival jury.This prize is shared with other categories.

Aluminium HorseAluminimum horses are awarded the winners in the following categories:
Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best First Feature Film.This prize is shared with other categories.

Stockholm Impact AwardBestowed upon the winning film of the Stockholm Impact Competition.
The cash prize is shared between the winning film's director and producer. The winning film is also given an award designed by Ai Wei Wei.Sponsor:The City of Stockholm Cash Award Value: 1,000,000 Swedish Krona
This prize is shared with other categories.

Stockholm Audience AwardThe best film according to the toughest critics, our audience.This prize is shared with other categories.

FIPRESCI-AwardOne film from the Open Zone section, is picked by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) and honored with a special award for Best Film. This prize is shared with other categories.

Category Rules

Non-Swedish films with runtimes of 72 minutes or longer.

Projects can´t have had their world premiere before November 20th 2017.

Note: SIFF prefers that all feature films presented are, at minimum, Nordic premieres (i.e Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland). We will accept submissions that have already premiered in the Nordic region, but the film’s premiere status will be taken into consideration when final programming decisions are made. Our absolute minimum requirement is Swedish premiere.For Stockholm Impact we prefer World premiere but accept International or European premiere.

Please read our general rules and our terms and conditions in full before submitting your film.